Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 May 1894 — Page 11

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 23. 1891 T WELTE PAGES.

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THE TRUSTY.

When old Col. Blodgett took charge of the penitentiary as lessee, he pleasantly remarked to his daughter that ehe was to be a queen, ruling: over a kingdom of crime. This was remembered as the old man's nearest approach to sentiment. He was bluff and burly, designed by nature to be a driver rather than a leader of men, exacting in his family, demanding In business, -with that strength of expression which sometimes results from a lack of words; passionate, unreasonable. Impulsively affectlonata or Violently cruel. "When the legislature voted to accept the colonel's proposition the shrewd business men of the town Bald that the rrl?on was now In good hands, that Instead of being a burden on the state It would henceforth yield a revenue. And the prisoners were soon made to feel that this was a fact. Three lazy men were whipped the first day, taken out of the hospital, and flogged In the prison yard. Laxiness was at a , discount after .that, and even a lame fellow, who had hitherto walked with a painful limp, perceptibly "mended his licks." "When the old colonel told his daughter that she was to rule over a kingdom of crime she smiled at him and said that she thought he might have provided her with a more pleasant lot of subjects, but added laughingly that a kingdom of . crime was doubtless better than no kingCorn at all. "Joking aside." said he, "my taking charge of this prison is an advantage to you." "Socially?" she asked, twinkling a mischievous glance at him. "Well, I don't know about that. I do know, however, that it won't hurt you socially. I had a prison a long time ago and your mother didn't find that it hurt her any." "But society was not so exacting in those days." she replied. "Bosh. Society exacts from the unsuccessful: the- successful exacts from society. Seriously, now. go out there and select a trusty that you want to take care of your horse and buggy, an allround servant, in fact." 'Select a trusty? And what is a trusty?" "Haven't you become that well acquainted with the affairs of your king dom? A trusty is a convict who can be trusted, not with your money, but with hJs own liberty, a fellow who hasn't much longer to serve and whose time will be still further shortened by good behavior." 'Oh. and you are going to give me one?" "Ye?, ani you may come on now and rik him out." They went into the prison yard. The prisoners wer coming in from work. ThTP was to he an inspection of the prison the r.pxt day and they were given an afternf-on during which to brush themselves up. to appear well kept. Jng from the sight of that burly man. their new master, a matr more exactIns: than the outraged law. "What do you think of them?" the CoIottI. asked. "I hope That I shall not be compelled to think of them very long. It's horrible to see human brings" dressed that way and to know why. I believe I'd rather hire a servant." "Well, but It will be a kindness to the man vou select." "Will it?" "Of course. His lif? will be made twice as easy. You may select from that gang ever there by the pump. Not those down there; they are murderers." "Gracious," she replied with a shudder, I don't want a murderer." He laughed with a deep, unmirthful. grunt. "Oh. yonder's a nice locking man." she suddenly called out. "Don't you see him at the pump?'" "Yes. Say. there." calling to an nverer. "send that slim fellow over here." The slim fellow approached and obsequiously touched his cap. And this is the dialogue that took place between the master and the slave: "What's your name?" "John Carter, sir." "What are you in for?" "Forgery, sir." "Ah. and you were innocent, of Course?" "The jury snid that I was guilty, sir." "Well. I reckon the jury knew its business. How much longer have you pot to perve?" "Three years, sir. I was pent up for five." "You are a trusty. I believe?" "Yes, sir; have been for some time." "Do you know how to take care of a horse?" "I can do most anything, sir." "Do you see this younsr lady?" Th fellow blushed. "Well, she is my daughter, and I want you to take care of her horse, to do anything else that she may require of you. In short you belong to her until your time's up. Do you hear?" "Ves. sir. When must I begin 'VdongIng to her?" "Tomorrow morning." II touched hi cap and withdrew. "What a promotion it meant for him! During the winter he had. with a balky team, drawn firewood from the scrub oak an1 pine knobs of the neighborhood; end one day while walking beside his team, dreaming over the disgraced but dar by-gone, the wagon turned over Into a gully. There he stood, helpless, appalled at what he knew would follow. tha severe punishment of his carelessness. The punishment came. He unhitched the horses and led them to the prison, he fed them, and went in to deliver his report and to be flogged. He wondered if the young woman were cruel. Would she drive about with him and then at evening have him whipped for some fancied neglect? She was handsome, but weren't the most beautiful women the most heartless? Hut. after all. it was a promotion, ah! and he might drive away out somewhere and run away. This thought thrilled him but he soon smothered it. To run away would not be right after she had done him the honor of selecting him from pmong so many. If he had wanted to run away why hadn't he done so when he stood looking at his load of wood tumbled into the gully, when he had l;nown that the las h was waiting for 1 rum ; .no, ne would not run away; he would serve the young woman, would be her slave. Harly the next morning he reported for duty. She laughed at him for coming soon. She toll him that to sleep late was good for the nerves; that he must take care of his nerves. She remembered his blush of the day before and she sought to say something to make him blush again. She was full rf mischief. Sh? laughed at the Idea of havin? a man in hr power. She paid that numerous married women must envy her. She asked him if he liked Howers. He answered that h did. and then she requested him to take care of her garden. "That is, if it won't bo too rnurh trouble." she added. He laughed. "What are you laughing at?"' she asked. "Are you beginning already to make fun of me? if you make fun of me I'll whip you with a morningglory vine." He looked up at her. She was standing on the steps of her father's house and he was standing, with cap In hand, at th corner of the lattice work where the vines w?re blooming. "Are you going to laugh at me again?" "Not if you forbid it." "Oh. but I don't forbid it; I like to Bee you laugh." Just then the old colonel came round the hou. "What are you doing, John Carter?" he asked. "Nothing, sir." "fifxnl employment. I must say. Well, lake that lawn mower and " "No, he'll dj nothing of the sort,"

the girl interposed. "You said that he was to belong to me. and if he does you have no right to order him around. I want him to work In my garden." "All right, miss. Take him and use him, but see that you do use him. I don't want him standing around here doing nothing." "Mr. Carter." said the girl, "hitch up the phaeton and drive me down town." He bowed and thus answered: "I am not Mr. Carter. I am John." "All right John; we ll take a drive." Yes, what a proposition It was! When the flower beds were clean he sat In the summer-house with a book a book of poems a convict reading poems. May had hung bright blossoms over his head, and June, but a few days off. had thrown a shower of scarlet into the bushes. And he mused and he dreamed of the time that was gone of his mother, whose gray hairs were forever hidden; of a girl who had scorned him when his trouble came on. There was a holy sadness, and yet a bitterness, in his heart. He had put aside his book one day and was dreaming, when a voice that always thrilled him called: "Where Is my slave?" "Here," he answered, arising. The girl, laughing, come into the summer-house. "You are always within hearing." she said, taking a seat not far from him. "But you don't find your chains hard to bear, do you?" "No; they are made of gold." "Now. there you go, making fun of me. Why don't you tell me something about yourself?" she asked after a short pause. - "There isn't much to tell. I'm worse than nobody." "You are somebody to me." "Do you like the way I take care of your horse?" "Now that's cruel. Mr. John." "Then I beg your pardon." He looked at her a long time, looked at her and mused. "A slave may say things that an unprivileged gallant could not," he remarked. "Why, what do you mean?" "I have thought something about you that I am half a mind to say, something that I'd have no right to say if if 1 didn't belong to you." "Say it. then." He looked at her steadily. "You are the most beautiful creature I ever saw." She sprang from her sat and ran away from him, and he sat there cursing himself. She was insulted, and when that sorrowful bell tolled at evening he must go into the prison and be whipped. He went to the stable and fed the horse, and he stood about waiting for the bell. The sun went down; the bats were flying

about. The bell began to toll, and sorrowfully he walked into the yard. He went to the pump and stood there. The men came and washed their faces in the trough. No one took notice of him. H went to his cell and waited. No one came. During the long night he dreamed of his new disgrace and the lash, and at morning he went to th pump and waited, but no one took notice of him. He fed the girl's horse, worked in the garden, mused in the summer-house. Hsaw her walking among the flowers. She approached und he was afraid to look up at her. She came into the summerhouse and sat down. She said nothing. His eyes were cast down. ".Miss Blodgett." "Well. Mr. John?" "When are they going to whip me?" "Whip you? What for?" "For what I said to you yesterday." "What did you say to me yesterday?" "What! don't you remember what I said that made you run away?" "Oh. that' Why should they whip vou for that? For telling such a fib? Men are not to be whipped for fibs. Why. 'they'd all be whipped to death. Tell me. now. wasn't it a fib? Honest, now, wasn't it?" "It was the truth if I ever told it." "You ought to be whipped for telling such fibs, but I'll let you g- this time. Do you know I'm awfullv sorrv that you are in prison? It's too bad. and you so young, is your mother living?" ''Mother and father both dead." "Any brothers or sisters?" "No; I am the only one to stand the disgrace, thank dod." "Hut there might be some one else." she 5id. looking down, pulling a flower to pieces. "No one else." "I thought there might be a girl." "There was." "And you Jove her?" "I hate her." "What became of her?" "Married." "The good-for-nothing thing!" He had to laugh. She looked up in half-indignant surprise. He muttered an apology, and sitting, leaning over with his eyes cast down, he rolled his striped cap and was silent. He kept his book of P"-ms under the eaves where the birds t wittere I and he got up to take d"wn ! xne volume, but when he turned back as If he would .speak to her she was gone. He did not see her tho next day, and he knew that she must no-v be sorely offended, but two days later, when he drove her down town, she was bright and so cheerful that she lrughed at everything he said. He had never aspired to be a humorist and this annoyed him; he was in stripes, but he wished not to pose as a clown. He had driven her to church one Sunday, and upon returning had gone to his favorite seat in the summer house, when he saw her coming down the walk. ne paused at the door and looked at i him; her face was serious and there was j no mirth In her manner. "John," she said. "I want to ask you a few questions, j But in the first place let me tell you t something. My father has begun" to I lecture me ror the Interest I take in you. and from his point of view he is right, but from mine he is wrong. And I will tell you why I think I'm right. From the first I have believed that you were I innocent. Nothing that you have said ' caused me to believe this, and I don't i Know wny i no neneve it. but I do, and that is enough for me, for, after all, when we believe r. thing and don't know why it is generally the strongest evidence that we are right. I have a plan to st you at liberty." He jumped from his seat and gazed at her. "I love freedom." he replied, "but I will not run away and leave your house." "Oh. but you are Just as foolish as you can be. I don't mean that von r in run away; I mean that I am going to j collect ail the evidence in your case and have the governor pardon you. Hut first, you must assure me as a a gentleman now what are you frowning at? I'd rather you'd laugh at nie than to frown. Hut first you must assure mo that you are innocent." "I can do that. I was not guilty." "There, I knew that you were Innocent, knew it as well as could be. Now do you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to start out this very day; I'm going to Investigate that trial, win over the prosecuting attorney, the Judge and the Jurymen; and then the governor w ill be compelled to pardon you. Won't that be nice?" , He smiled at her. "Yes, It wUl be very nice, but who will work your garden when I am gone?" "We'll talk about that afterward." She went away and he sat down, dreaming of liberty. Hut could there be any I'berty for him? She might free him of the prison, but could he free himst-lf from his devotion to her? How strange a creature she was. Why should sno care for him? Hut did she renlly care for him? He had noticed her in company and had seen ho.v dignified she was: yes, and he had seen a proud woman caress a dog. He was her dog. He had been sent up from a distant country, and he knew that she must have gone thither, for weeks passed and he saw nothing of her. Hut he saw the old colonel, he more than saw him, he felt his power. He drove the old man about and sat in the hot sun while hl3 master sat in the shade, drinking Julips. Once he was dreaming, and the old man struck him with the buggy whip and told i him to wake up there. "Not a word out of you," said the old coloneL "You may j-

send a woman running over the country to get you pardoned, but you are against a wall when you are alongside of me. Pleading Innocence! You are guilty and you know it. but shut up there and don't cay a word." "I was not going to say a word, sir." "Hush. I, tell you, or I'll wear you out." Another week passed and the girl came home. The convict was in the kitchen washing dishes, and he heard the old man scolding her. He stole away as soon as his work was done, stole out to the summer-house. He had not much time to wait. The sun was sinking and tne prison bell would soon ring. She came. He Fat leaning over, afraid to look up. She nt down near him. "I had the awfulest time." she said. "Oh. men are so cruel. That eld judge wouldn't do a thing, and the jurymen were as mean as they could be, and I couldn't get one of them interested in you, so I came back. Then what did I do?" She was softly laughing. He did not look up. "I went to the governor and told him that I knew you were innocent and " "There's the bell!" he cried. "Si: down. You must sit down. Walt Just a moment. Wait!" She took hold of his striped coat. ' I went to the governor and told him that he must pardon you; that If he didn't I would hate him, and he did pardon you. Now let the bell ring." He sat down, leaning over, his face in his hands. The bell tolled and in his fancy he saw the men standing about the pump. "I begged him, hung to him and cried," she went on, "and he had to pardon you; and now you are free. In the cottage yonder t..ere is a suit of clothes. Go and take off those disgraceful stripes. Go now, I want to see how you look. Why don't you go?" He got up, the tears streaming down his face, but he did not go; he stood near her. "I am not worthy to take off the stripes." he hoarselv said. "I am guilty." "Please don't say that." "I must say it; I am guiU- I lied, lied to held your good opinion, but I did commit forgery. I will tell you about It." He sat down and she looked at him. grief-stricken . "I thought I loved a girl," he went on. "She wanted a diamond. I got it for her I forged a check." "But did you love her?" the girl asked, with her eyes blazing at him. "I thought I did, but I know now that I did not. I hate her now. I was a fool, not really a thief, but a fool. But I don't want my liberty; I would rather be your slave. I love you." She caught her breath with a gasp. "If you did not love her," she said, "you are innocent to me." He put his arm around her. this convict. He heard the cell doors opening and shutting not far away. Then all was silent, and in that silence his heart beat a prayer and his soul warmed at the thought of an honest life away off somewhere, far from the scenes of his disgrace. Opie Read. TIIK RICK PAI'KK TKKK.

Tbl I'hinmr Plant linn Bern Translerred to Florida. The rice paper tre-. one of the most Interesting of the entire flora of China, has recently been successfully experimented with in Kl : ida, where it now flourishes with other subtropical and oriental species of trees and shrubs. When first transplanted in American soil the experimenters expressed doubts of its hardiness, fearing that it would be unable to stand the winters. All these fears have vanished, however, says the St. Louis Republic, and it is now the universal opinion that it is equally as well adapted to the climate of this country as to that of the famed Flowery kingdom. It is a small tree, growing to a hight cf less than fifteen feet and with a trunk or stem from three to five inches in diameter. Its canes, which vary In color according to season, are large, soft and downy the form somewhat resembling that noticed in those of the castor bean plant. The celebrated rice paper, the product of this queer tree, is formed of thin slices of the pith, which is taken from the body of the tree in beautiful cylinders several inches in length. The Chinese workmen apply the blade of a sharp, straight knife to these cylinders, and turning them around either by rude machinery or" by hand (In which latter operation they display much skill and dexterity), pare the pith from circumference to center. This operation makes a roll of extra ouatity paper, the scroll being of equal thickness throughout. After a cylinder has thus been pared it is unrolled and weights placed upon it until the surface is rendered uniformly smooth throughout its entire length. It is altogether probable that if rice paper making becomes an Industry in the United States these primitive modes of manufacture will all be done away with. IIott to Build n Fnre Com r d jr. Pome observant dramatic writer has this to say with reference to farce comedy and the method of constructing one of these monstrosities: If the immortal Shakspeare can look down upon this earth and see the methods of the playwrights of the present day, he must indeed blush with shame for them. Comedy, keeping pace with the public taste, has got down to a very low level. Farce comedies, those productions which seem to amuse most in these days, and which, generally speaking, receive the public's commendation in the way of dollars more than any other performances, are peculiar combinations. Usually a farce comedy I written, if such an expression can be allowed in this connection, "to order" for certain comedians. I heard the other day of the manner In which a certain successful farce comedy was constructed. The method. I am told, is a fplr sample of that by which most plays of this stripe are made. The first act was constructed with what was intended to be a semblance of a plot, it being recognized as an unwritten law among recent playwrights in the production of a farce comedy that a plot is sure to kill the play. After the first act the author sets down "one-half hour of Mr. ," the comedian for whom the play was written. Then there come the specialties of the various members of the company, during which performance the plot is entirely forgotten, and the play winds up with a Jumble of nonsense which any one of the troupe is at liberty to suggest. Thus the modern farce comedy is made, and the public taste Is satisfied. The Age of Wine. The increase of the strength of wine by keeping depends upon whether it is kept in cask or bottle. If "stored in cask there is a constant Increase of alcohol. The ancients know that wine improved If kept in leathern bottles, and the same result is obtained by keeping it in wooden vessels. fr both leather and wood are more easily penetrated ty water than by alcohol; evaporation ensues from both, but more freely from water, and the wine consequently becomes richer In alcohol. On the other hand, the opinion that wine has grown old In bottles and has. therefore, become stronger. Is thoroughly false. Evaporation Is very much hindered by the cork.even when this is not covered by rosin and sealing wax. The simple explanation of our finding old bottlrd wine rich in alcohol is that only the stronger wines can be preserved and the weaker ones cannot resist the effects of time. At the same time, although all wine must eventually be spoiled and weakened by keeping it In bottles, yet some kinds acquire, as a first consequence of that cause which afterward destroys them and which is neither more nor less than the chemical alteration in their constituents, propertie which render them more agreeable both to smell and taste. Brooklyn Eagle. The Cowboy Vestry. She "Sj Dr. Thirdly thought it his duty to accept a call to that church out In Arizona, did he?" He "Yes, and hi congregation has now called for his resignation." She "For what?" He 'Oh, he prayed for rain and didn't ßet it." Judge.

WOMAN AND HER HOME.

HOW IT IS POSSIBLE FOR ALX, WOMEX TO BE DAISTY. Woman' Life Insurance Hovr o Fntnlngn t e a. Room Sirff ping ReformThe Ilnttle of Pork and Spoon The Ever Topnlar Widow. She is not born, but made, that most charming woman who may not have the grace of a dancing nymph or the color of a picture of spring idealized, but who is sweet with cleanliness plus an indefinable something more. Women who do not impress the observer as she does, women who look unkempt when they have tumbled out of bed and bunched up their hair, women who are nothing le5s than untidy when the wind hf s done its work with their hair and the dust with their complexions, attribute to the dainty woman an Inborn 'daintiness. "She always looks like a May morning," they say, "whether she's been sleeping six hours In an upper berth or nine In her own big, well aired rcom. It's a gift like a voice or an artistic eye." They are all wrong. It's an acquirement. The dainty woman is wholesome, 6weet and charming on the trying occasion?, like shipwrecks and preserving days, because on the ordinary occasions she has acquired the habit. She always has the pleasant consciousness of neatly mended stockings, of fresh, whole linen, of buttons where buttons should be, and bindings that really bind, to cheer and sustain her. She brushes her hair religiously every night, not spasmodically for a week or two, and so it acquires a glossiness and smoothness that one night in a sleeping car cannot destroy. Her hot bath at night is a regular affair, dating back years to Its beginning, and consequently her complexion preserves its freshness during a two days' Journey when hot water is not tc be obtained. Her clothes always lie In sweet smelling sachets, so that the faint, elusive fragrance which seems part of her personality can no more be missing when she appears in a dressing gown than when she comes out robed for a reception. In some women this habit of daintiness is inherited. In others it is fixed by early education, but there is no one, even the hopelessly untidy, who may not acquire it if she will but be persevering in all her toilet operations and all her mending. It is the brief two days' vacation in each week which makes the difference b?tween the perfection of daintiness and a sort of apologetic, untidiness. St. Louis Post IDispatch. Woman's 1.1 fe Insnrnnce. Is your life insured, and, if not. why not? Woman now numbers It among the rights she had been striving to attain that she may be insured In certain companies. Of course the conditions are rather severe. She will have to pay more for the privilege than a man does, for the insurance companies still maintain that they take a greater risk in insuring women--gentle, domestic, early to bed and early to rise women than they do in insuring men, who revel late o nights, court delirium tremens, engage in fights with one another, seek death on the railway and In other ways endeavor to dispose of their lives. Insurance Is an admirable investment for women, despite the discrimination against them. The woman who has any one depending upon her will lift a load of anxiety from her mind by having her life insured. She will know then that whatever happens she has provided for her charges. And the woman who has no one at all dependent upon her will find it equally pleasant to reflect that she Is able to leave money to some on, whom it will benefit. An ordinary policy Is Issued for any sum desired. As long as the person Insured lives she must pay the premiums on that sum, and at her death the sum will be paid to her beneficiary. The .endowment policies are the most gratifying to those selfish beings who look forward to enjoying money themselves with almost as much keeness as they do toward leaving money to their heirs. These policies are known as the fifteen or twenty-year endowment policies and are supposed to be particularly adapted to the needs of women. If a young woman takes out a twenty-year endowment policy of Jl.oon, she pays a certain premium, and if she dies during the twenty years the face of the policy Is payable to her beneficiary- Tint if she lives at the end of the period the company will pay her $1.000, with accumulated surplus and interest. N. Y. World. How to Fnmlgate a Itooni. The proper way to fumigate a room is to close the doors, windows, fireplace, etc.. pasting strips of paper over all the cracks. Fumigation by burning sulphur is most easily accomplished. Two pounds of sulphur should be allowed for every room from 10 to 12 feet square. It is better to divide it up and put it in several pans rather than burn the entire quantity of sulphur used In one pan. To avoid the danger of fire these pans should be set on bricks or in other and larger pans filled with water or with sand. After pouring a little alcohol on the sulphur and properly placing the pans about the room the farthest from the door of exit should be lighted first, the others in order. The operator will need to move quickly, for no one can breathe sulphurous fumes with safety. After closing the door the cracks around it should be pasted up, as was done within the room. Six hours at least are generally necessary to fumigate a room properly. At the end of that time it may be entered and the windows opened, and they should be left open as long as convenient, even for a week if possible. After fumigation, a thorough process of cleansing should be instituted. At least the walls and celling should he rubbed dry. Much the better way Is to whitewash and repaper. The floor, and the woodwork, and the furniture should be scrubbed with a solution of carbolic acid or some other disinfectant. Journal of Health. Sweeping Urform. For the sake of the sweeper, the carpet and the general health of the household, the weekly dry broom stirring up of dust should go. After It should go the feather duster, whose only use Is an artistic one, for It nas its picturesque use In the hands of the pretty soubrette, who has done much to endear it to the heart of the average maid. Stage dusting cannot be successfully done with a dustcloth. but that In the apartments of real folks is never well done without it. There should be an abundance of hemmed dustcloths of cheesecloth of the slazy cotton that looks like chamois or of old silk handkerchiefs. These should always be clean, and a maid should bo made as responsible for their care as for the care of bed linen or towels. The dust of sweeping may be avoided by keeping a pall of clean water t hand and dipping the ? room occasionally, draining It well from water before using It again. Or the carpet may uc- scattered with damp bits of paper or tea leaves. The necessity for gathering up every particle of either Is quite sure to insure thorough sweeping. All the light fine dust in a room is quite sure finally to find Its place on tne rough eurface of a' carpet, and when

stirred up, it may be full of danger to i

delicate lungs. The object of both sweeping and dusting should be to get the dust out of a house, not to stir up as much of It as possible. The science of it can easily be made clear to the most slow witted maid. N. Y. Post. The Rattle of Kork and Spoon. Some people hunt their ice with a fork, which lets melting margin drop through the prongs, and some stick their small trident into the jelly at the risk of seeing the whole thing slip off like an amporphous, transluccent, gold colored snake. The same with such compounds as custard pudding, creme renversee and the like, where it is a feat to skewer the separate morsels deftly and where a small sea of unutilized juice is left on the plate. The monotonous use of the fork and craven fear of the vulgarity lying In the spoon seem to us mere table snobbery- It is a well known English axiom that the fork is to be used in preference to the spoon when possible and convenient. But the people who use it always when scarcely possible and decidedly inconvenient are people so desperately afraid of not doing the right thing that they do the wrong out of very flunkyism and out of fear of Mrs. Grundy In the corner. It is the same with the law of eating all soft meats with the fork only, abjuring the knife. On the one hand, you will see people courageously hewing with their knives at sweetbread, supreme de volallle and the like; on the other, the snobbish fine work themselves into a fever with their forks against a cutlet and would not for the lives of them use a knife to cut with ease that which by main force and at great discomfort they can tear asunder with a fork. London Queen. The Ever Popnlnr Widow. There is no gainsaying the fact that the widow Is the most popular woman who flits across the maelstrom of social life. But the law of compensation sets the price on all the favors of fate, and the widow, however gloomy or shining her environments, is no exception to the rule. Are you a loved and loving wife, with the strong rlgnt arm of the best of men to shield and protect you from the world and Its calumny? Then knowthat the removal of that arm means your transformation in the eyes of the world to a person answering to an entirely different description. The world steps up hitrher in order to obtain abetter point of view, and it ferrets out motire for action where no motive exists, and it regards you with suspicion where there is no cause. The world has an evil eye, and the lens through, which it observes distorts the objects passing before it. The world keeps an eye on widows, and their every action is fraught with interest. In the environment of widowhood woman must needs pay the price. George Washington and Napoleon Ponaparte both married widows, each of whom had two children, a boy and a girl, and it is also a coincidence in his tory that neither of them bore children to their illustrious lords. N. Y. Advertiser. Growing; Small Salads. Annie Thomas (Mis. Pender-Cudlip), the novelist, observes: "Though I live in the country and have gardens, I have not given up my old London-taught habit of growing small salads on the dining-table. Any dishes or plates answer the purpose, but for preference I grow them in old, quaint-shaped delf and china dishes, and this makes them exceptionally ornamental. The mode of growing them is simplicity itself. Lay a piece of white flannel or fiannelet cut to the shape at the bottom of the dish or plate. Wet it well and sow on it rather longer to spring, but mustard and curled cress seed. The water cress takes rather longer to spring, but mustard and cress are fit to cut In a week. Besides being pretty and convenient, this is a very clean way of growing these small salads. It entirely disposes of Jlie gritty difficulty we labor under when they are grown in earth. The supply even of water cress can be kept up with a little management all the year round. Always water freely." Away with the Plllowwham. Big square day pillows, with ruffled covers, supersede the old-fashioned stiff, slippery pillowshams which suggested any conceivable degree of discomfort, and which more than one masculine guest, in the innocence of his heart and ignorance of domestic tisages, has tried to sleep upon to his own misery and that of his hostess. The ruffled pillows are removed at night and replaced by smaller ones. While many people will always prefer plain white bed coverings, there are some very charming innovations in delicate tints and other materials than the conventional marseilles. Heavy linen covers daintily embroidered In the same or in a contrasting tint are pleasing to the eye, and the popular liberty silks, which wash beautifully, come In the most delicate shades and are especially .attractive for such a purpose as well ns for draperies. Hotted swiss muslin Is perennially liked for window draperies, toilet tables and bed coverings. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Kiirnl1ilng a Ilnll. If the hall gives a bad impression, the rest of the house will be less likely to please, be it ever so artistically furnished. "When we undertake to furnish a house." said a professional decorator, "we take care that the hall shall be either a rich glow of color or a studyin soft, cool tones, restful to the eye, according to Its size and locality." For a narrow, dark hall, vermillion side walls and a warm, yellow ceiling will produce a rich effect. Hang portieres wherever there is the least excuse for them; midway across a long, narrow hall gives an air of cozlness. Put a bit of fretwork at the top. Dark oak stain makes the best floor unless you have the real wood, which, if waxed, is hard to keep in order. Tho rugs should be oriental In coloring and as far as possible of rich dark reds. Even in a large, square hall the furniture should be simple, and there should not be too much of it. N. Y. Recorder. The Woman's Woman. The so-called woman's woman Is by no means unattractive to men. But she who is a marked favorite with her own sex Is never a coquette, nor does her popularity depend upon her personal beauty. She Is almost always broad minded and with broad sympathies. She Is In touch with a hundred interests. Her manner is exactly the same with both sexes, frank and friendly, interested in whatever interests others, and, above all, unselfish. A man may be charmed and held In thrall for a long time by a bright, pretty, selfish little woman, but a woman never is. Consequently the greatest chaimof the woman's woman- Is her forgetfulness of self, and in the long run men do not fall to appreciate this loveliest of qualities, and those who are wise among them seek it In their companions for life. Philadelphia Press. The Kitchen Floor. If your kitchen or any other floor that you do not wish to carpet shows unsightly cracks, try the following recipe for them: One pound of flour, three quarts of water and a teaspoonful of afum and make a paste of them, cooking well together. After removing from the stove stir into it a lot of paper that is torn in small pieces and let it soak, stirring as much as you can. The paper should be stirred until It Is all in a pulp and the mass Is so thick that It Is difficult to stir longer. Apply It to the cracks be sure the floor is freshly cleaned first and force It In, smoothing it off even with the surface. Leave It to dry thoroughly and you will find that it is mora lasting and a great deal

cheaper than putty. This can be painted right over as though it was wood. N. Y. Telegram. The Cnrtaln Qestlon. A new -way of solving the curtain question that is certainly convenient and by no means ugly is to have two sets of sash curtains, one for the upper and one for the lower half of the window. Both are hung on rods and consist of two parts, so that they can be parted in the middle. The upper set should be made long enough to fall about an inch over the top of the lower set. They should be made of muslin, silk or any other fabric, with edges hemstitched, frilletl or trimmed with lace. The arrangement is a good one for a small bed-room or for kitchen windows. N. Y. Mail and Express. Ilelra Lorkirood'i Hat. When Mrs. Lockwood was admitted to practice before the court of claims, the late Judge Drake was chief justice of the court and a great stickler for the proprieties. Having expressed the willingness ofr the court to admit the lady to practice, he directed her to proceed to the clerk's desk and take the customary oath. Just as she was putting out her hand to touch the bible, while the clerk delivered himself of the formula of the oath, she and every one else In the coust roofi was startled by hearing Judge Drake say in his severest tones, "Take off your hat, sir!" Washington Post.

Working; Girls and Their Place. The working girls of large cities form a most striking, interesting and picturesque part of the people. Driven by natural cause Into semi-public places, they hold the points thus gained with all simplicity. There is no pose, no glorification, of their position. Necessity has sent them out into the paths thy follow. By their own ' wits and through their own efforts they hold the right-of-way. In a sense, every man's hand Is against them. They alone must guard their own interests, defend their individual rights. Clara S. Davidge In Scribner's. The Stylish Girl. The girl who prides herself upon style seldom wears any but dark or subdued colors In the street. If she has a bit of brightness on her hat, it is apt to be tucked away under the brim. But for house wear even the stylish young woman may revel in bright hues and thereby make herself a pleasing object to those about her. Fashion Journal. IT HAS A FLYAVAY LOOK. A Lace Effect In Snmnier Wraps That Is Very Fetching. The time for the consideration of wraps and coats as protective garments is past for the season, but they still form an important part of the wardrobe, being now made of the thinnest possible stuffs and worn as a finish to formal costumes. Voluminous rapes of sheer net, figured lace or jetted tulle are seen In great variety and are a very rleasing addition to outdoor attire, especially for carriage wear. They are sometimes formed of horizontal bands of ribbon mounted on net or alternating with strips of insertion, or have a fitted yoke much trimmed, the lace being accordion plaited an I set around the edge of it in a flounce that flares suddenly out with a flyaway effect very taking in hot weather. In all cases they are of light weight, except when loaded down with Jet, which remains a favorite garniture FICILIEXXE COAT. in spite of the rivalry of black spangles, which are lighter and more brilliant, but less rich looking. Thin tailor-made cloth Jackets in mode colors are the accepted thing for informal wear on cool days and for traveling. More elaborate ones are made of thin silk, satin or moire profusely trimmed. These may be worn with a moire or other silk skirt, and over a thin blouse they will not add greatly to the weight and uncomfortable warmth of the gown. They are usually tightfitting and may be in the doublebreasted Eton jacket style or may have a basque either long or short, provided It is flaring in the back. Wide revers decorate the front, often outlined with fine jet, and large jet buttons are used. A few m?dium length winged garments are seen, but the plain dolman shape has an antiquated look now, and the wings are customarily so full as to give the fashionable cape effect. Where the short cape is not considered sufficiently dignified for an elderly woman, the fronts are often lengthened into long plain tabs that reach half way down the skirt or are arranged in full points of the same length. The illustration shows a half length tight coat made of iron gray sicillenne. It is out with a flaring basque, the fullness of which is increased by plaits laid at the back of the waist. Each seam of the basque is covered with jet galloon, and the middle seam of the back of the bodice is likewise covered. The gigot sleeves are trimmed with bands of Jet. A flounce of wide, black lace extends over the shoulders, and a flaring collar edged with Jet surrounds the neck, at the back of which is placed a large bow of black moire and satin ribbon. JUDIC CHOLLET. A Well Furnlxhrd Hall. If the hall ijives a bad Impression the rest of the house will be less likely to please, be It ever so artistically furnished. "When we undertake to furnish a house, said a professional decorator, "we take care that the hall shall be either a rich glow tf color or a study in soft, cool tones, restful to the eye, according to Its size and locality." For a lark, narrow hall vermillion side walls and a warm, yellow ceiling will produce a rich effect. Hanging portieres wherever there is the least excuse for them, midway across a long, narrow hall gives an air of eozines.' Put a bit of fretwork at the top. Dark oak stain m-xkas the best floor, unless you have the real wood, which. If waxed is hard o keep In order. The rugs should be oriental in coloring, and a? far as possible of rich, dark reds. Even in a large square hall the furniture should be simple, and there should not be too much of it. " American nittht o Paill'a Opera. The American rights to "Gabriella" have beeq purchased by Gustav Hlnrichs, and It will form part of his repertory for his summer opera season at Philadelphia. The libretto of "Gabriella" Is by Charles Alfred Byrne and the music by Emillo Pizzi. It was written especially for Pattl. who produced It in this country during her recent tour. . It proved to be a magnificent work.

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A XEGRO WHO IS PECULIARLY GIFTED Ml'SICALLY. Can Sfna- Soprano. Alto and Barytone at One Time An Object of Interest to 3Iedtcal Menlias an Abnormal Mouth. Will'.am Taney, a pure-blooded negre and ex-slave from the South, had llve to past middle age and always had cw siderable of a. struggle for existence ry fore he became aware of the fact thai he wa something of a physicial monstrosity and an object of Interest to the medical profession because of that very fact. He glories in the possession of three distinct voices one pitched in the barytone key and two minor ones, soprano and alto. The barytone is his normal or natural voice, while the consonant production of the other two depends on. his will and on his manipulation of his vocal chords. When singing certain songs peculiarly adapted to those three voices cf his they produce together a harmony of notes similar, in fact, to tha chiming in of a rather well-modulated barytone voice, and of a soprano and an alto of less volume and power. In other songs, or passages of them, the threa vbic.es which simultaneously emanate from his throat sound discordantly. Ha has. by dint of many years' unassisted training, reached that degree of 6kill la handling his assortment of voices that he can flr.g the solo part of a song In his normal, clear barytone, reserving tha wierd effects of the three voices in conjunction to the chorus or refrain. Mr. Yancy is likewise the proud owner cfi ventriloquistic powers, and the latter he knows how to use to even better effect than his vocal talents. WiUiam Yajicy Is now the Janitor of Quinn chapel. As to how he cam to discover his peculiar gifts that was as follows: Being then a boy of about twelve and working one day in the cornfield on the plantation of Mr. Bowman, he suddenly discovered, while singing some darky tunes, that he could "strika two oices" when he sang very high. He tried it again and again, and then ra;i to his mistress, Miss Mary Bow. man, who had always been very kind to him, and told her of his discovery. "But how can you do it, William?" she sail in amazement. Whereupon he started off with that fine old negro hymn: When the rocks in the mountains will all flee away. I shall find a new hiding place there. He sang it, pitched in a high key of his youthful voice, and. sure enough, the vibrations in the roof of his mouth suddenly sounded double, then treble, and Miss Mary stood and wondered and said: "Oh, how strange It is" But that was all. No further ado waa made of the queer facts in the case. His white-skinned employers then and since may have looked upon these physical abnormalities as a new phase In. negro nature. And William went on through the eyen tenor of his ways, hoeing corn and feeding cattle and attending to other chores, reserving hia peculiar gifts for his own private amusement in the evening, and not thinking much about it. Thus it was until recently, when Dr. Ira D. Isham. whose specialty is tha voice and chest, and who Is professor of physiological diagmosis in the college of physicians and surgeons, noticed the elderly negro on one occasion and was treated to an exhibition of his special talents, both in singing and in ventriloquism. Dr. Isham made an examination of William Yancy and found t!i" epiglottis in a normal state, the roof of the mouth exceptionally short, but tha space Immediately back of It abnormally long and extensive, so that thfe Is more space for the resonance of tne vocal chords than is usually the cas?. He also found the vocal chords themselves slightly congested and inflamed an abnormal condition which has become permanent, and to which, no dotibt, the frequent hoarseness of the siibject is due. His professional opinion may be summed up In these few words: Abnormal conditions, but not phenomenal ones; both Yancy's trljjlvoice and his ventriloquism owing in the abnormal vibrations of the vocal chord. Before undergoing this examination by Dr. Isham. Mr. Yancy gave an entertaining exhibition of his gifts. Ha sang "Hold the Fort." "Roll. Jordan. Roll." "Way Down Upon the Suwane River." "When the Rocks in the Mountains." the tonal scale, and some other selections and :n them all the peculiar conditions of his voice, as mentioned above, were apparent. Sometimes the flowing together of the three voices produced a perfect harmony, but nore often it did not. A little ventnloquistio scene of Yancy's own invention and very comical, demonstrated the man's perfect control over the changeful timbre of his voice. He engage in an apparent quarrel with somebody outsüe the door who wished to come in and whom he would not admit. Without any apparent tffort on Yancy's part his voice changed off and on. from its natural tones to thoe of a. man and then of a small darky child outside trying to break in the door. Chicago Herald. WOMEN MUST SLEEP. SO SATS MEDICAL AUTHORITY. Serious Results of Sleeplessness, and the Way to Avoid It. SPECIAL TO or LAPT KEAPHtS If you are dangerously siclt, what is tha first duty of your physician? He" quiets the frightened nervous system, he deadens the pain, and you sleep well. Men fall by the wayside, victims of over-strained mental activity. Friends ask, "What is li : ana tne answer comes in pitying tones, nervous prostration. Thousands of women tremble on the brink of the cams precipice. A liule more pressure: some sudden grief, real or even imagined unldndncfs from loved ones, and over the brink fall one more victim of nervous prostration. It came upon you so quietly. In the beginning, that you were not alarmed. But when sleep deserted you night after nigh until your eyes fairly burned the darknes then you tossed in nervous agony, praying for skep. You onclit to h?.ve known nhen yem ceased to be regular in your courses, and you grew so irritable w Lthout cause, that there was serious trouble somewhere. You ought to be told that indigestion, exhaustion, womb'displacenients, fainting, dizziness, and backache eend the nerves w ild with affright, and you cannot sleep. Want of sleep gives birth to a thouvJ morbid fancies of the brain. Lydia F.. Pinkham' Vegetable Ccrn pound for twenty years has saved womei from all this misery. It is the certain cure for all derangements peculiar to women. It has 6aved them from torments for years, and it will save you. (Jo to your druggist at once: soon you will Le well and iecj like a child.